Furcas

Furcas

In demonology, Furcas or Forcas is a Knight of Hell, and rules 20 of demons. [http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/goetia.htm#foras Foras] Esoteric Archives] He teaches Philosophy, Astronomy (Astrology to some authors), Rhetoric, Logic, Chiromancy and Pyromancy.

Furcas is depicted as a strong old man with white hair and long white beard, who rides a horse while holding a sharp weapon (pitch fork). He knows the virtues of all herbs and precious stones, can make a man witty, eloquent, invisible (invincible according to some authors), and live long, and can discover treasures and recover lost things.

The etymology of his name may be derived from the Latin word "furca", meaning fork, [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/morphindex?lang=la&lookup=furca&bytepos=44411783&wordcount=2&embed=2&doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059 Furca ("Latin"); fork] ] or from Greco-Roman also meaning a sepulchre (tomb). [ [http://ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/0569.html Furca from the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities] AncientLibrary.com]

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*S. L. MacGregor Mathers, A. Crowley, "" (1904). 1995 reprint: ISBN 0-87728-847-X.


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